Islamabad: The party’s Secretary General Asad Umar was arrested by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The Islamabad police’s CTD officials picked up Umar from outside the IHC Bar Room where he and other PTI leaders were preparing a plea to be filed file in the IHC seeking a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
Asad Umar was booked in two cases registered against him and other PTI leaders following the protests that ensued after Imran Khan’s arrest. The cases were registered in Islamabad’s Tarnol and Aabpara police stations.
PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Senator Saifullah Sarwar Khan Nyazee, and Ghulam Sarwar Khan were also with Umar during the arrest.
All three leaders returned to the IHC’s Bar Room after Umar was taken by the police.
The police also tried arresting Qureshi, however, the lawyers and other party workers thwarted the police from snatching the PTI vice chairman.
